Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.
I'm inspired by people who are so sensitive and vulnerable that they try to cover it up.
Everyone has to learn how to live in an environment that has not made it easy for women to claim their place, so I think it's all women's responsibility to step forward.
Some people think I've had a nose job. I've never had anything like that done, but I have no judgement of anyone that does.
If I were Elizabeth Sloane, I wouldn't be wearing makeup. I'd just be focused on getting the job done.
I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.
Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.
When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
I've actually been given a great gift. When I walk into an audition with a director, I'm carrying no baggage. They haven't seen me in anything, even though I've done nine films.
Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.
I'm very sensitive in real life. I cannot not cry if someone around me is crying. I will start to cry if someone is crying, even if it's not appropriate. I have that thing in me, a weakness or sensitivity.
You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people.
There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I've never met before.
Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I'm a very superstitious person. I'm walking onto the plane as we speak. I'm putting my hands on the outside of the plane and my feet are on the lip of the plane. I have to do it every time before I fly.
I try not to fake anything.
I'm the first person in my family to go to college.
Broadway has always been a dream of mine.
I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.
I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.
I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.
